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Vladimir Michl 
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Arkance Systems CZ Joined: 26.Jul.2007 Location: Czech Republic Using: Autodesk software Status: Offline Points: 2124 |
 Topic: Opening BlocksPosted: 08.Jun.2009 at 13:33 |
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You don't need Notepad nor any third-party application. Autodesk DWG TrueView 2010 (see the Download page here) opens any DWG file and saves it to an older version of DWG (incl. DWG2000).
Using non-Autodesk tools for DWG conversion results in unreliable files in a non-genuine DWG file format.
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AmerieWhite
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Joined: 28.Apr.2009 Status: Offline Points: 16 |
Posted: 08.Jun.2009 at 03:00 |
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I just got a try and found that DWG can also be open up in Notepad although there are lots of messy, but there is "AC****" there that you can find in first line first word.
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Bri008
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Joined: 03.Jun.2009 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 2 |
Posted: 07.Jun.2009 at 18:22 |
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Hi,
It's dwg file, will download and see if it opens it.
Cheers,
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AmerieWhite
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Posted: 07.Jun.2009 at 16:40 |
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DWG or DXF? If it is a DXF, you can open the drawing in Notepad and find if there is AC****, you can refer to the following details and find which drawing version it is.
AC1015 - DWG from AutoCAD 2000/2000i/2002 (or LT, Map or relative Desktop version). AC1018 - DWG from AutoCAD 2004/2005/2006 (or other product in the "2004", "2005" or "2006" family). AC1021 - DWG from AutoCAD 2007/2008/2009 (or other product of the "2007", "2008" and "2009" families). AC1024 - DWG from AutoCAD 2010 (or other product of the "2010" family). If you got the 'incompatible' message, it may be a higher version than 2000. You can try the version conversion feature of this software and get 2000 version draiwng for your AutoCAD: http://www.autodwg.com/DWG_DXF_Converter/ Hope this helps. Edited by AmerieWhite - 07.Jun.2009 at 16:45 |
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Bri008
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Posted: 06.Jun.2009 at 01:32 |
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Comming up incompatible version when I try and open blocks on this site. I have autocad 2000? |
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